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Jeter's Next Big Swing

"I don't miss playings," says the retired Yankee, as the press-shy captain leads website The Players' Tribune, where DeAndre Jordan and Tiger Woods break news (sorry, ESPN) and backers are betting on a media home run

The box office bump was due to the acquisition of 24 Empire Theaters and a digital media company in 2013.

At the same time, Cineplex had weaker box office draws for its Hollywood film slate during the latest quarter, a portfolio led by The LEGO Movie, Frozen and 300: Rise of an Empire.

Cineplex reported some films in the latest period did not perform as well in Canada as they did in the U.S. market.

The latest quarter was also undercut by extreme wintry conditions, especially in Atlantic Canada, causing theater closures, power outages and poor driving conditions that kept patrons from going to the local multiplex.

Cineplex also saw film costs rise 9.6 percent to CAN$80.4 million (U$74 million) due to the settlement rate on the top films being higher during the first quarter of 2014, compared to the same period a year earlier.